Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

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Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home Unit

When Abraham Lincoln was asked what he remembered of his life in Kentucky he answered with incidences that happened at Knob Creek.

Log cabin at Knob Creek

Newly restored log cabin at Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek

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Rear of log cabin at Knob Creek

Rear of newly restored log cabin at Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek

Cabin
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Knob Creek cabin's fireplace

Photo of fireplace in the cabin at Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek

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Split rail fence

Photo of the split rail fence at Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek

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First field

Photo of part of the farm land at Knob Creek. The Lincoln family would live and farm thirty acres that Abraham's father rented for five years, 1811 -1816 before moving to Indiana.

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Lincoln Tavern at Knob Creek

Photo of the Lincoln Tavern at Knob Creek. Built in 1931 the tavern was a local bar and dance hall until 1942 when the county voted itself dry. The tavern would then become a restaurant and gift shop.

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Lincoln Tavern

Old picture of Lincoln Tavern in winter with snow on the ground

Tavern winter
Visitors at Lincoln Tavern

Old picture showing visitors at Lincoln Tavern at Knob Creek

Tavern visitors
Knob Creek

One day when Abraham was crossing this swift running creek he fell in and his young friend Austen Gollaher pulls him out.

Knob Creek , Boyhood Home
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Overlook Trail

Visitor hiking the Overlook Trail at Knob Creek

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Overlook Trail view

View of the valley that the old Louisville and Nashville Road Turnpike once occupied.

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Frozen Pond

View of the frozen pond along the Overlook Trail

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Knob Creek Farm

This is a picture of one of the fields Thomas Lincon leased and farmed between 1811 and 1816. Abraham would experience many things during his seven years in Kentucky. Things that would influence the type of man he became and the morals he would exhibit as President during America's terrible Civil War.

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Entrance sign at Knob Creek

Entrance sign at Knob Creek installed by the Howards when they owned and operated the Farm as a tourest attraction.

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